Kansas City Mayor Sly James officially breaks ground this week on the downtown streetcar project; Kansas City still in the running for the RNC; Why a Hy-Vee store is creating a fuss in Leawood, Kansas; United States Supreme Court intervention in a Missouri execution; Missouri lawmakers approve eight ballot questions for the upcoming election. And, have hospitals in Kansas or Missouri been implicated in the scandal at Veterans Administration medical facilities?
Reviewing the news this week:
Steve Kraske, KCUR/UMKC
Eric Wesson, The Call
Scott Parks, Newsradio 98.1 FM KMBZ
Dave Helling, Kansas City Star
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