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Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
KC Week in Review: FBI investigates influence peddling by Brownback advisers. Plus, the politics of tax breaks…
An FBI probe into the activities of top advisers to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback tops our look at the week’s news. According to a breaking story in the Topeka Capital Journal, federal agents have spent months investigating influence peddling including behind the scenes financial arrangements related to Brownback’s privatization of the state’s $3 billion Medicaid program. We examine what’s at…
Students at Kansas school for the blind get in tune with harmonica pro
Gabriel Lewis carefully ran his fingers over the edges of the small box before he took out the shiny, chrome harmonica inside and took a big breath to make the first notes. Lewis is one of 40 students at the Kansas State School for the Blind that received a new harmonica courtesy of the instrument’s…
Instructors, digital professionals debate value of social media certification
Liesl Christman is the digital content specialist for the Kansas City Public Library system. She is in charge of managing, among other things, website content and all social media accounts, like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. She has no formal social media training. “To be fair,” she said, “when I started college, it was 1998. Social…
KCK summit tackles food issues among the needy
John Hornbeck came to a Thursday forum in Kansas City, Kan., with two cans of green beans. His point was to illustrate that solving hunger isn’t as simple as merely providing someone something to eat — especially when health is thrown into the mix. The CEO of Episcopal Community Services in Kansas City, Mo., a…
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