News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Columbia and Lawrence Rank Among Cheapest College Towns to Live In
Columbia, Missouri, and Lawrence, Kansas, are among the most affordable major college towns to live in, according to a new study.
24/7 Child Care Becoming a Thing in Kansas City
A local couple with a heart for serving Kansas City’s east side is fulfilling their promise to provide more high quality and accessible child care, even overnight.
Exhibit on History of LGBTQ Rights Removed from Missouri Capitol
A state senator from Kansas City is demanding answers about why an exhibit on the LGBTQ-rights movement was removed from the Missouri Capitol after only a few days on display.
Streetcar Authority Looks to Extend Line Over River to Booming North KC
By Kevin Collison The KC Streetcar Authority is pursuing a long-sought extension over the river into North Kansas City, seeking proposals that would result in a detailed plan by mid-2022 about its design and financing. The agency has released a request for proposals that’s due later this month. It would use as a starting point…
Streetcar Authority Looks to Extend Line Over Missouri River to North Kansas City
The Kansas City Streetcar Authority is exploring plans to extend the streetcar route across the Missouri River into North Kansas City.
COVID Cases Among Children Rising as Missouri Delta Variant Wave Enters Fifth Month
One effect of the Delta variant wave is that children are a much larger share of recent COVID-19 cases, just as the school year begins.
New Developers Take Over Jazz Hill Affordable Housing Plan
By Kevin Collison A new development team is taking on the previously approved Jazz Hill Apartment plan and intends to invest more renovating the grand, but moribund, old apartment buildings near downtown into affordable housing. Indianapolis-based Flaherty & Collins and the Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corp. plan to renovate the 11 apartment buildings on the…
Future of Work: The Big Quit
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many people to reassess their relationship with careers, employers and workplaces. This is Flatland’s first installment in the “Future of Work” series.
‘Ruthelle’s’ Returning to 18th & Vine
By Kevin Collison Adam Jones, who’s redevelopment portfolio include the Westside and West Bottoms, is going east to the 18th & Vine District with an artsy project featuring barbecue and soul food along with a dollop of local jazz culture. He’s renovating a small two-story building at 1819 Vine into a restaurant and night club…
Tap List | KC Brewers Make Like Mad Scientists With Experimental Beers
Cassie Niemeyer, Flatland’s beer enthusiast, tastes and rates experimental brews from Sandhills, Torn Label and Big Rip breweries.