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The Missouri/Kansas Voter Guide

Here’s your guide on how to vote, deadlines and answers to your questions about mail-in/absentee ballots.

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How ‘OK Boomer, Let’s Talk’ Author Says Millennials Got Left Behind

A boomer talks with Jill Filopovic, author of “OK Boomer, Let’s Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind,” which argues that baby boomers are largely to blame for the financial, employment and health woes of millennials.

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City Club Crosses Street to Land Restaurant Operator

The just-opened City Club Apartments project at 20th and Main didn’t have to look far to find an operator for the 6,000 square-foot restaurant and wine bar planned as part of the development. It reached out across the street to The Rieger at 1924 Main where Chef Howard Hanna has agreed to open the two…

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Word on the Street: Artists, Residents and a Curator React to KC’s BLM Murals

Kansas City’s Black Lives Matter street mural project has garnered some strong reactions. Here’s what folks had to say.

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Another Apartment Project Adding to Troost Revival

By Kevin Collison Another new apartment project is in the works for a key stretch of Troost Avenue that’s already seen several major new residential investments the past couple years, this one at the southwest corner 27th Street. A development group led by Caleb Buland of Exact Architects is planning a 26-unit, $4 million apartment…

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