Barbara Shelly
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Stories by Barbara Shelly
Cities, Lenders Resume Battle Over High-Interest Loans
Installment lenders are battling Liberty in court and in the Missouri legislature over new regulations designed to curb high-interest lending.
A Good-Hearted Artist Meets His Moment During Pandemic
Kar Woo, founder of Artists Helping the Homeless, has thrown himself into meeting the mounting needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kansas City Braces for Big Financial Blow From Pandemic
A Brookings Institution analysis suggests Kansas City's municipal budget may be particularly vulnerable to a recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Age of Coronavirus: A Wistful Drone of Bagpipes Echoes in Brookside
John Tootle is using his skills as a bagpiper to raise the spirits of housebound families in the age of coronavirus.
Age of Coronavirus: Agencies Scramble to Serve Seniors
Kansas City-area social service agencies are finding it much harder to deliver food and companionship to seniors as coronavirus spreads.
A Pothole Revolt Stirs in Kansas City
Kansas Citians in the Waldo neighborhood have taken to social media to protest a plague of potholes on city streets.
Finding Refuge in Kansas City | Yearning to Breathe Free
A new KCPT documentary, "Finding Refuge in Kansas City," tells the stories of five Kansas Citians who were refugees.
What Will It Take for Banks to Invest in Kansas City’s Low-Income Neighborhoods?
Learn how area lenders want to help rebuild and reinvest in Kansas City's low-income neighborhoods.
Can KC’s new leadership fix ‘the land that time forgot’?
The kielbasa recipe hasn’t changed much since Peter May, a Polish immigrant, opened a grocery store in Kansas City’s Blue Valley neighborhood in 1929. Customers can count on the same fresh meat, no preservatives, spiced with a mixture passed down through the family. The location is the same, too. Peter May’s House of Kielbasa still…
A Role For City Hall
Google Fiber, the new streetcar and a booming downtown have all helped Kansas City recruit talented young people, Mayor Sly James said when a group of mayors sat down to talk about workforce development at Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s Conference on Economic Development. Not so long ago, he observed, people moved to a place because…
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