News & Issues

Rows of solar energy panels atop a white, flat roof of a small building.

Energy Efficiency Program Helps Rural Businesses Keep the Lights On 

The Rural Energy for America Program is providing crucial funding for rural development projects looking to enhance energy efficiency and sustainability.

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Power lines with a red sunset in the background.

Allowing More Juice to Flow Through Power Lines Could Hasten Clean Energy

America’s power lines can’t handle all the energy promised by thousands of proposed solar, wind and battery energy projects. Technology can ease the gridlock.

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A view looking north from the proposed Kansas City Royals stadium with the downtown skyline in the background.

Taxes Often Used to Make Stadiums More Lavish

Economists say that when the public pays for stadiums, that money is used for expensive upgrades. What does that mean for the new Kansas City Royals stadium?

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Stadium News, Big 12 Basketball and St. Patrick’s Day

The news in Kansas City this week will be focused on new soccer and baseball stadiums, Big 12 basketball and St. Patrick’s Day festivities.

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General Manager Brian Horak walks down an aisle at Post 60 Market in Emerson, Neb.

‘Lifeblood of the Community’: States Invest to Save Rural Grocery Stores

In Kansas, 1 in 5 rural grocery stores closed between 2008 and 2018. No new store has opened in half of the 105 communities that lost grocers over that time.

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