Episodios

  • The Chiefs face big questions after a surprisingly bad season

    The Chiefs face big questions after a surprisingly bad season
    Jan 9 2026
    What's next for the Kansas City Chiefs after the team’s worst season since 2012? We’ll hear what could be in store for Mahomes, Kelce, and more in this excerpt from SportsBeat KC, a Kansas City sports podcast from The Star and KCUR Studios.
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    14 m
  • What's ahead for Missouri in 2026: tax cuts and a tight budget

    What's ahead for Missouri in 2026: tax cuts and a tight budget
    Jan 8 2026
    Missouri lawmakers arrived this week in Jefferson City for the start of the 2026 legislative session, which runs until mid-May. Gov. Mike Kehoe is pushing to eliminate the state income tax, but a smaller budget will likely force spending cuts.
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    9 m
  • What are the STAR Bonds that Kansas is giving to the Chiefs?

    What are the STAR Bonds that Kansas is giving to the Chiefs?
    Jan 7 2026
    The state of Kansas is luring the Kansas City Chiefs across the state line with funding from STAR Bonds, a unique kind of tax incentive. The team plans to build a $3 billion stadium in Wyandotte County and a practice facility worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Olathe.
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    12 m
  • A Kansas City artist crafts fashion, and guns, out of ceramic

    A Kansas City artist crafts fashion, and guns, out of ceramic
    Jan 6 2026
    A new exhibit at the Nerman Museum in Overland Park packs a punch with ceramic lipsticks, guns, and colorful pastel flowers. Over her five-decade career, Kansas City clay artist Linda Lighton created sculptures that speak to some of the thorniest issues of our time.
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    11 m
  • A Kansas City legislator worries about Missouri's budget this year

    A Kansas City legislator worries about Missouri's budget this year
    Jan 5 2026
    Missouri lawmakers have passed historically expensive budgets in recent years, but next year will likely be different, according to Missouri state Sen. Maggie Nurrenbern, a Democrat from Kansas City. The state's revenue has flatlined when adjusted for inflation, and there is no more surplus of federal money. Nurrenbern said that math means Missouri won't be able to fund all the services it has in prior years.
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    14 m
  • How Kansas is trying to save its vanishing river life

    How Kansas is trying to save its vanishing river life
    Jan 2 2026
    Native freshwater mussels do important work filtering the water in Midwest rivers. These animals are in trouble, but Kansas has a plan to help them. Plus: We'll hear from farmers around the central U.S. about what made this such a tough year, and what may come in 2026.
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    12 m
  • The year that was in Kansas

    The year that was in Kansas
    Dec 31 2025
    The Kansas City Chiefs' planned move across the state line marked an unusually bipartisan success for Kansas elected leaders. In most other ways, state politics in 2025 were marked by Republican wins and Democratic frustrations.
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    14 m
  • The year that was in Missouri

    The year that was in Missouri
    Dec 30 2025
    The year 2025 marked the start of a new governor's term in Missouri, and the deepening of Republican control of the General Assembly. As the year ended, the blame and sorrow over the state losing the Kansas City Chiefs were just beginning.
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    13 m
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