News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Nick’s Picks | Navigating Election Day, And Days to Come
“Kansas City Week in Review” host Nick Haines previews Election Day, and the days to come.
Kansas Grapples With Utility Over Solar Panel Charges
The largest utility in Kansas wants to charge customers with solar panels about $25 a month, even if their homes pull almost no electricity off the grid.
Tap List | Pairing (Boo)zy Beers With Classic Halloween Films
Tap List beer enthusiast Cassie Niemeyer recommends parings of local beer and horror movie classics.
Halls Dropping Dishes to Focus on Fashion
By Kevin Collison Halls, downtown’s largest retail store, is revamping its operation at Crown Center, adding more luxury goods, dropping its cosmetics and home décor merchandise, and shrinking its size by about 22 percent. The changes to the store, which opened at its current site four years ago, are in response to the changing tastes…
How to Trick-or-Treat Safely This Halloween
Tips for trick-or-treating safely this Halloween weekend.
Midtown Market Opening Soon Near Planned Streetcar Stop
By Kevin Collison Main Street in Midtown is getting its first new grocery store in years, and proprietor Sheraz “Shawn” Choudry believes its location in a relative food desert near a future streetcar stop should make it a success. “We’ll try to bring in all kinds of food from all over the world,” he said. “The…
Missourians Fight to Keep Homes as End of Eviction Moratorium Looms
Housing advocates are bracing for a spike in evictions as federal moratoriums sunset at the end of the year.
Streetcar Extension Office Opens, Project Expected to be Less Disruptive
By Kevin Collison Remember those trenches, makeshift bridges and orange fencing that disrupted downtown for what seemed an eternity when the starter streetcar line was built? Aaron Adams, the project manager planning the Main Street extension from Union Station to UMKC, is confident this project, while longer, won’t be as troublesome. “Everything we’re seeing right…
Groups Work to Energize Missouri’s Black Voters in Election’s Final Weeks
A network of paid canvassers and volunteers are trying to energize Black voters and get them to the polls in Missouri.
Decades of Data Suggest Racial Profiling is Getting Worse, Not Better
Missouri law enforcement traffic stop data suggests racial profiling of Black people is worsening even as data collection continues.