Missouri
Testing In The Middle of the Pandemic Riddle For Kansas City
In the roundabout world that is COVID-19 testing raises almost as many questions as it provides answers as Kansas City seeks to reopen.
Nick’s Picks: Reopening Week Comes With Many Questions
A new month comes with new questions about how to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.
States Ponder Rules of Engagement as They Reopen Amid Pandemic
Kansas, Missouri and surrounding states are taking various routes to reopen amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.
‘High’ Time To Get Missouri Medical Marijuana Off The Ground
Missouri’s nascent medical marijuana industry is battling delays in getting growers, manufacturers and retailers up and running.
Measuring the Medical Marijuana Market in Missouri
Call it the battle of weed vs. tweed. The contest pitted Missouri’s medical marijuana industry against academics (famous for woolen sports jackets with elbow patches) at the University of Missouri-Columbia. And, as it turned out, the pot people beat the pencil-necks in predicting the bumper crop of patients certified to participate in Missouri’s new medical…
Getting Out, Staying Out
Missouri and Kansas are struggling to reduce recidivism, which is a major contributor to overcrowded prisons.
Kansas Authorities Join National Counterparts In Trying To Contain Vaping Illnesses
Kansas health authorities are joining national counterparts In trying to contain vaping illnesses.
Five Things You Can Do To Protect Your Rights As A Tenant
Flatland sat down with Gina Chiala, executive director and attorney for the Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom, to see what advice she offers to rental tenants in Kansas City as part of Public Works? A Level Foundation, our in-depth series on eviction, gentrification, and affordable housing in the metro. This is the transcript for…
The Great American Immigration Debate — Minus A Century
FLAT RIVER, Mo. — This old mining town in the southeast Missouri Ozarks once straddled the richest lead deposits in the world. But it no longer exists and the name is all but forgotten — much like the riots here that shocked the nation a century ago this week. As America’s never-ending debate over immigration rages…
Age of Coronavirus: Quarantine Diary
Flatland reporter Vicky Diaz-Camacho recounts her return from an idyllic European vacation to quarantine in Lawrence, Kansas.