News & Issues

Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.

Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | NFL Draft Cleanup, Busy Week Ahead in KC

The NFL Draft is over. But there’s a lot going on in Kansas City this first week of May.

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Super-Green River Market Apartment Project For Sale

By Kevin Collison Second + Delaware, Kansas City’s greenest apartment project, is up for sale less than three years after opening in the River Market. The $71 million project was built to “passive house” standards that included 16-inch concrete walls with a layer of foam in the middle. It uses 90 percent less energy than…

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A crowd begins to gather in front of Union Station for the start of the NFL Draft.

Spend a Day at the NFL Draft

Flatland attended the first day of the NFL Draft in Kansas City to capture the fan experience in pictures. Here is a pictorial gallery.

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a drawing of people in suits with computers instead of heads.

Can ChatGPT Write the News? 

News organizations are grappling with the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on journalism. As a test, Flatland asked ChatGPT to write a story.

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Milhaus Teams with UC-B on 100-Unit Apartment Plan on Troost

By Kevin Collison A familiar team is working together again to develop a 100-unit apartment project at the southeast corner of Linwood and Troost. UC-B Properties and Milhaus have formed a partnership for the project. It would join another 89-unit development proposed by Indianapolis-based Milhaus for the southwest corner of the same intersection. “We realized…

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