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Entrepreneurship, education meet in the form of a hot dog cart
E.B. Wiltz is passionate about three things: good sausage, quality construction and creating better opportunities for young people in the urban core of Kansas City, Mo., through his organization Brother for Another. A construction worker by trade and Cajun by birth, Wiltz got the idea to work with a group of five young men to…
KC Week in Review: After a year of talk, the KCI Task Force finally makes a terminal decision. Plus, Overriding Nixon: What Missouri’s big tax cuts mean to you…
After a year of study, there’s finally a decision. A task force appointed by Kansas City Mayor Sly James says they’ve wrestled with all the information and decided that the metro needs a new single terminal at KCI. Also on this edition of KANSAS CITY WEEK IN REVIEW, Friday May 9th, 2014 at 7:30…
Missouri Likely To Remain The Only State Without Prescription Drug Database
Missouri has a distinction that troubles many involved in public health: It’s the only state in the country that does not monitor prescription drugs. Some say that heightens the problem of prescription drug abuse. Missouri legislators are trying to create a drug monitoring system, but concerns over privacy have stirred opposition. Rising abuse Since the…
Record number of student writers illustrate their talents, KCPT Kids Writers Contest winners announced
A whopping 202 young authors submitted their stories to the 2014 KCPT Kids Writers Contest for K–3 students. From a saga about a lost Jayhawk to the tale of an African dwarf frog that aspires to be a popstar, the stories reflected the unique interests of each author. A team of educators and librarians poured…
KC Week in Review: FBI investigates influence peddling by Brownback advisers. Plus, the politics of tax breaks…
An FBI probe into the activities of top advisers to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback tops our look at the week’s news. According to a breaking story in the Topeka Capital Journal, federal agents have spent months investigating influence peddling including behind the scenes financial arrangements related to Brownback’s privatization of the state’s $3 billion Medicaid program. We examine what’s at…