News & Issues
Kansas City PBS Awarded Grant to Expand News Coverage
Kansas City PBS has been awarded a grant from Report for America that will help pay for expanded coverage of rural issues in the region.
Developer Proposes Big Affordable Housing Project Near Downtown
Maxus Properties plans to redevelop 11 deteriorated apartment buildings along The Paseo just east of downtown Kansas City into 197 affordable apartments.
KC Coffee Shop Offers Environmental Fuel for Thought
A Kansas City coffee shop is no longer offering any single-use paper or plastic containers.
Finding Refuge in KC | Hank Nguyen
Hank Nguyen built the boat that he used to help make his way from Vietnam to Kansas City.
Finding Refuge in KC | Muna Abdi
Muna Abdi is the first of five local refugees who will share their stories on Flatland in the coming weeks.
Stop the Presses: Kansas City Star to Cease Printing Saturday Newspapers
McClatchy Co., the Kansas City Star’s owner, plans to stop printing physical newspapers on Saturdays in its 30 media markets — including Kansas City — by the end of 2020.
Finding Refuge in Kansas City | Yearning to Breathe Free
A new KCPT documentary, “Finding Refuge in Kansas City,” tells the stories of five Kansas Citians who were refugees.
Getting Out, Staying Out
Missouri and Kansas are struggling to reduce recidivism, which is a major contributor to overcrowded prisons.
One War Leads to Another
A new exhibit, “The Vietnam War: 1945-1975,” opens at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City on Nov. 8 and runs through next May.
Census Bureau Seeks 3,100 Workers for Kansas City-Area Count in 2020
The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to hire about 3,100 people in the Kansas City area for the 2020 population count.