News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Nick’s Picks | Chiefs, COVID Dominate Headlines This Week
The Kansas City Chiefs’ first playoff game and the ever-evolving COVID pandemic promise to dominate our lives this week.
Streetcar to Stretch Farther Toward New Riverfront Soccer Stadium
By Kevin Collison The planned riverfront streetcar extension will be almost three soccer fields longer than originally planned to bring riders closer to the new KC Current stadium to be built east of Berkley Park. Streetcar chief Tom Gerend said a revised plan for the half-mile streetcar extension now brings the line to the middle…
These Cannabis Products Sold in Kansas Could Get You High, and Maybe Arrested
Shops in Hays, Kansas, have been told to turn over their stocks of delta-8 THC products to law enforcement, or they could face criminal repercussions.
What to Know About the New Surprise Medical Bills Law
The No Surprises Act took effect Jan. 1, 2022, and you may be surprised what it will, and won’t, do to prevent surprise medical bills.
Plan for Keystone Innovation Campus on East 18th Street Collapses
By Kevin Collison An ambitious proposal for a Keystone Innovation District campus on East 18th Street has experienced a major setback with a planned new office building and renovated warehouse no longer in the works. Keystone Community Corp., a strategic economic development initiative backed by the Civic Council of Greater Kansas City, had been working…
Highway to Hemp: ‘Wild West’ of the CBD Market
Prices for CBD plummeted in 2019 as producers flooded the market, but those who stayed in the game are hopeful that FDA approval will blossom the industry.
Cathedral Pursuing $14M Campaign for New Parish Center, Homeless Facility
By Kevin Collison The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, a landmark church that pre-dates downtown, has launched a $14 million campaign to build a new parish hall and renovate space for its breakfast program for the homeless. The brick Cathedral at 11th and Broadway with its striking gold dome steeple traces its roots to a…
Cathedral Pursuing $14 Million Campaign for New Parish Center, Homeless Facility
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, a landmark church that pre-dates downtown, has launched a $14 million campaign to build a new parish hall and renovate space for its breakfast program for the homeless.
Getting Unlicensed Drivers Off the Road … By Helping Them Get Licenses
Kansas City, Kansas, police have created what might be the nation’s first police-run driver training school to help get unlicensed drivers off the streets.
Commentary: Looking Ahead to 2022
COMMENTARY By Kevin Collison A Tweet from Mayor Lucas over the New Year weekend inviting thoughts and questions about 2022 pushed my ambivalence off the fence about writing a beginning of the year opinion column. We hear plenty this time of year from pundits musing about the nation and the world, but since hyper-local greater…