Cannabis
Nick’s Picks | Pandemic Recovery, Medicaid Fight and Baseball Returns
Nick Haines provides an update on COVID pandemic developments, the fight over Medicaid expansion in Missouri and other news affecting Kansas City this week.
Kansas Considers Making Medical Marijuana Legal, But Very Hard To Get
Kansas lawmakers are considering tight restrictions for any medical marijuana law in the state.
Fresh Karma Going Big on Midtown Marijuana Dispensary
By Kevin Collison A long-neglected property at 240 E. Linwood across from Costco and Home Depot is slated to be the home of one of the city’s larger medical marijuana dispensaries. Construction is underway for a 5,500 square-foot dispensary operated by Fresh Karma. It’s one of three dispensaries the firm is planning. The others are…
The Story of a Latino Theater Owner, from Cuba to Kansas City
Yosmel Serrano sees his small Latino theater in Northeast Kansas City as a way to educate the community through Spanish-language films.
Nick’s Picks | Bracing for Big Votes
A new Supreme Court justice, mask mandates and the search for a new city manager in Kansas City highlight the pre-Halloween week leading into Election Day.
Nick’s Picks | Pandemic, Politics, Police and Pot
This week features a surge in COVID-19 cases, the last presidential debate, protests over police violence and medical marijuana sales in Missouri.
Two Kansas Lawmakers Pushing to Legalize Medical Marijuana
Two Kansas lawmakers are on a quest to legalize medical marijuana in the state.
KC Author’s ‘I Am Every Good Thing’ Highlights the Beauty of Black Boyhood
Derrick Barnes, the author of “I Am Every Good Thing,” spoke with Flatland about his latest work and to share a message to his hometown.
Nick’s Picks | Nichols Name Dropping Across Kansas City
Debate over the removal of the J.C. Nichols name from public streets and fountains continues this week, as the city considers stripping pot possession from its criminal codes.
No Bumper Crop of Medical Marijuana in Missouri
No one told Lyndall Fraker that it was going to be easy. So, as the man in charge of standing up Missouri’s medical marijuana program, he’s taking in stride 830 business license appeals, which are now pending before the state Administrative Hearing Commission. “We knew it would be contentious. I was told that from the…