Politics

Syringes of COVID-19 vaccinations are filled during MU Health Care’s mass vaccination clinic at the Walsworth Family Columns Club at Faurot Field in Columbia on Feb. 4, 2021.

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Goes Beyond Party Lines

By Marissa Plescia | August 4, 2021

While some pundits argue that party affiliation plays a role in low COVID-19 vaccination rates, experts say vaccine hesitancy goes beyond politics.

Read More >
Cannabis growing facilities

Activists Renew Push to Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Missouri

By Catherine Hoffman | July 15, 2021

Cannabis activists have filed initiative petitions seeking to amend Missouri’s constitution to allow “adult use of cannabis.”

Read More >
Despite the severe cold, families from around Lyon County gather Wednesday at the Prairie Street bridge hill in Emporia for sledding.

How Rolling Blackouts Helped Regional Power Grid Avoid ‘Cascading Failures’

By Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector, Lucas Lord | February 24, 2021

Federal regulators are investigating how the Midwest power grid had come so close to a catastrophic failure during a winter weather blast last week.

Read More >
Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Warms Thoughts With Kansas City in Deep Freezer

By Nick Haines | February 15, 2021

Record cold, Presidents Day, spring training and Mardi Gras are on this week’s agenda in Kansas City.

Read More >
Christina Haswood, a 26-year-old Native woman from Lawrence, Kansas, talks about how she went from graduate student to politician

Q&A: Christina Haswood On Becoming a Kansas State Representative

By Vicky Diaz-Camacho | January 28, 2021

Get to know one of the youngest representatives in the Kansas legislature.

Read More >

Local Storytelling. Fact-Based Reporting. Trustworthy Sources.

Help support the nonprofit media landscape in Kansas City and provide a platform for underrepresented voices across the region.

Donate