News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Sounding Smarter
According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, China has decided to end its decades-old one-child per couple policy. The change comes to counter a shortage of young people in the Chinese workforce. Gee, who could have possibly seen that coming? The extinction of big animals including whales and elephants is creating environmental problems, new research finds. According to…
Safe Trick-or-Treating in Wyandotte County
Kids love to trick-or-treat for Halloween, but it can be scary for concerned parents. Safety concerning door-to-door trick-or-treating has increased over the years especially in inner-city locations like Wyandotte County. Parents have many concerns about what candy their child is receiving, how cold it can be outside, and how quickly it becomes dark. Wyandotte County offers several…
Wyandotte County Could Lead Region In hiking Legal Age For Cigarette Sales
Supporters of banning the sale of cigarettes to teens and young adults in the Kansas City area may be close to landing their first major coup. On Monday night, a legislative committee of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, one of the region’s largest municipalities, endorsed revising its legal code to ban the…
‘Talking Scripture’ explores sacred text and meaning through interfaith dialogue
Two pastors, a pair of religious scholars, a Muslim, and a Baha’i lawyer sat down on the stage of a UMKC auditorium recently to chat. And no, this is not the set-up of a joke: It is the actual panel of interfaith leaders that led a thoughtful discussion on scripture and its meanings in our…
Take 5 for your health
KU Tobacco Cessation Expert Sees ‘Big Disparity In Who’s Smoking And Who’s Dying’ Studies have shown that nearly half of the cigarettes consumed in the United States are smoked by people thought to have a mental illness. At the same time, people who have a mental illness die an average of 25 years earlier than those…