COVID-19

Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | MLK Boulevard, COVID Vaccine Incentives and KC Police Budget Fight

As you move around Kansas City this week, you may notice a big change. There’s no more Swope Parkway, Blue Parkway and Volker Boulevard.   Over the weekend, public works crews installed 42 new street signs along that five-mile stretch of roadway. It is now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The Kansas City Parks Board…

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Wick and The Tricks performing at Lemonad(e) Park.

Live Venues Shuttered by Pandemic Could Start Getting Grants

For an industry all but completely shut down since March 2020, getting back to normal is going to take a major jumpstart.

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An aerial view of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City.

How to Observe Memorial Day During the Pandemic

Whether in-person of virtually, here are six ways to reflect and remember fallen Americans on Memorial Day.

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What did the pandemic change about the way we process loss, grief and life? (Illustration by Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Canva)

What the Pandemic Taught Us About the End of Life and Grief

What did the pandemic change about the way we process loss, grief and life? Everything.

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Rochelle Walensky, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing

Surveys Say: People Ponder Life in a (Nearly) Post-Pandemic World

Three surveys conducted by data company Invisibly show that some attitudes about returning to pre-pandemic life have not changed significantly over the last 10 months.

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