News & Issues

Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.

Patrick Mahomes throws a pass against the Buffalo Bills during the third quarter in the AFC Divisional Playoff game at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. 23, 2022.

Chiefs, Royals ask Kansas for Incentives to Help Teams Leave Missouri

By Allison Kite | June 18, 2024

The Kansas City Chiefs and Royals urged Kansas lawmakers to expand a tax incentive program to help the teams leave Missouri and move across the state line.

Students and staff at North Kansas City High School celebrate the new cohort of KC Scholars.

Kansas City Area High School Students Get Big Scholarships

By Ceilidh Kern | June 18, 2024

Great Jobs KC on Saturday will formally award $48 million in college scholarships to 1,210 students from 87 high schools in the Kansas City area.

A rendering of a potential Kansas City Chiefs domed stadium in Kansas.

Kansas Bill Offers Bonding to Cover 75% of Cost to Build Chiefs, Royals Stadiums

By Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector | June 17, 2024

Kansas lawmakers will gather Monday to consider legislation that could finance up to 75% of the cost of new stadiums for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals.

"Kansas City Week in Review" host Nick Haines.

Nick’s Picks | Juneteenth, Stadium Drama and Summer Solstice

By Nick Haines | June 17, 2024

A busy week in Kansas City includes more stadium drama for the Chiefs and Royals, Juneteenth and the summer solstice. Here’s your agenda.

Why You Might Want to Donate Your Brain to Science

By Ellen Ryan, Next Avenue | June 14, 2024

Organ donor programs do not include brains, creating a tissue shortage that impedes research into Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and concussions.

Sprinklers irrigate a field in Hamilton County, Kansas, where some farmers have petitioned to be removed from a local groundwater management district. State lawmakers are pressuring the district to do more to conserve water in the Ogallala Aquifer.

‘Time for a Reckoning.’ Kansas Farmers Brace for Water Cuts to Save Ogallala Aquifer

By Allison Kite, Kevin Hardy, Stateline | June 13, 2024

After decades of local inaction, Kansas lawmakers are pushing for big changes in irrigation to conserve water and save the Ogallala Aquifer.

crowd of people in red t-shirts with red balloons at a memorial vigil.

Kansas City Launches New Effort to Counter Gun Violence

By Mary Sanchez | June 13, 2024

Kansas City has launched a “focused deterrence” program, named SAVE KC, that engages potential victims or perpetrators of gun violence before it happens.

A dairy cow in a pen at Be Whole Again Farm in Excelsior Springs.

Bird Flu has Hit Cows in Kansas and Sparked Precautions in Missouri. Here’s What that means for You

By Suzanne King, The Beacon | June 12, 2024

Bird flu has hit cows in Kansas and sparked precautions in Missouri. Scientists say the more it spreads, the more chances it has to become a problem for people.

The womyn of the newly formed Womontown march in the 1989 Kansas City Pride Parade.

Honoring Womontown: Kansas City’s Intentional Lesbian Community

By Haines Eason | June 12, 2024

The Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America will install a historic marker honoring Womontown on Thursday, June 13, at 27th Terrace and Charlotte Street.