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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Big Decisions Abound in KC This Week

Get ready for an incredibly newsy week here in Kansas City. Five of the most consequential decisions of the year are being discussed in the next 96 hours.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | World Cup, Snow and the Holiday Season Loom

The World Cup, the first snow of winter and the beginning of holiday season events top the week’s news agenda in Kansas City.

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Man in hat trims cannabis plants in a large cultivation site.

Finding Your Future in the Emerging Marijuana Industry 

Career opportunities are available at many ancillary businesses that stand to benefit after Missouri voters approved recreational marijuana. 

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From left: Tanisha Patterson, Ryan Quinones and Chris LeGrand celebrate the passage of Amendment 3 on Tuesday during a watch party at the Crown Room in downtown St. Louis.

Missouri Voters Approve Amendment 3, Legalizing Recreational Marijuana

Missouri voters have approved the legal use of recreational marijuana by adults.

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Nick’s Picks | Election Day 2022, Lunar Eclipse and Veterans Day

The news week ahead in Kansas City is topped by Election Day, a lunar eclipse, Veterans Day and the return of Thundergong!

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Passenger Kayla Whitney died when this 1996 Mustang slammed into a light pole on Oct. 11, 2021.

Driving While High: Difficult to Measure, Harder to Enforce

Kayla Whitney’s death illustrates the scientific shortcomings in understanding and measuring how cannabis affects the body when it comes to driving while high.

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Marijuana in a growing facility.

Credit Laws Could Slow Missouri’s Potential Marijuana Industry Boom

Unless prospective cannabis entrepreneurs have cash in hand, they could struggle to find financing to open new businesses if Missouri voters approve recreational marijuana.

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Marijuana in a growing facility.

Voters Could Open up Missouri’s Marijuana Market. New Entrants Would Face Challenges.

Missouri’s marijuana industry could soon open wide if voters approve a proposed amendment on the November ballot. But new entrants would face challenges.

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A poll worker peels off an "I Voted" sticker.

KC Election Guide: What Voters Need to Know About the 2022 Ballot

In addition to statewide questions over marijuana legalization and police funding — plus elections for local, state and federal office — Kansas City, Missouri, has its own set of local issues.

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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt squared off in a gubernatorial debate on Wednesday at the DoubleTree Hotel in Overland Park.

Kelly, Schmidt Paint Competing Visions of Kansas in Gubernatorial Debate

Two competing versions of Kansas emerged during an hourlong debate Wednesday between Gov. Laura Kelly and her opponent Derek Schmidt, the state’s current attorney general.

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