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Posts Tagged ‘KC Media Collective’

Sales Tax for East Side Projects Grapples with Growing Pains

By | October 19, 2023 | 1
Founder Myron McCant looks through a window at the children served at KD Academy child care.

Kansas City’s Central City Economic Development (CCED) sales tax program has produced mixed results and faces political headwinds as the time for renewal looms.

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Hundreds of Kansas Citians Are Shot Each Year and Survive. Families Pick Up the Pieces

By | September 27, 2023 | 0
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Since 2015, shootings in Kansas City that leave a survivor are rising slightly — leaving families to struggle with the physical and mental wounds they cause.

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Rising Rents Leave More Kansas City Tenants Facing Eviction

By | September 19, 2023 | 0
A "Quiet Court in Session" sign.

Two years after the end of a national eviction moratorium, landlords are still looking to make up for lost income. That’s led to more residents facing eviction.

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Jackson County Freezes Property Taxes for Seniors After Controversial Assessments

By | September 18, 2023 | 3
This house on the Westside saw its property tax assessment skyrocket in recent years, making it difficult for the owner to pay.

Thousands of senior citizens in Jackson County will soon be eligible for a property tax break, following this year’s most recent assessments.

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Midwest Faces Future of Hazardous Heat, and Homes Aren’t Ready

By | September 15, 2023 | 0
Illustration of a resident sweating in a home.

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are part of an emerging “extreme heat belt” that could deliver more scorching days that will test existing dwellings.

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