Episodios

  • Pumpkin or sweet potato pie?

    Pumpkin or sweet potato pie?
    Nov 26 2025
    On Thanksgiving, families will have plenty to debate: politics, football...and pie? Americans also have strong opinions on whether to enjoy pumpkin or sweet potato pie on Thanksgiving. Plus: Holiday get-togethers are on the way, and if you’re looking for fun things to do, you might consider a new card or board game.
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    14 m
  • Kansas City is relaxing rules for short-term rentals

    Kansas City is relaxing rules for short-term rentals
    Nov 25 2025
    More than 650,000 people could attend the World Cup in Kansas City next summer, and all of them will need a place to stay. That's why the Kansas City Council is changing its rules around short-term rentals to make it easier for residents to host visitors.
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    13 m
  • Missouri didn't bother counting prison deaths, until now

    Missouri didn't bother counting prison deaths, until now
    Nov 24 2025
    For years, the Missouri Department of Corrections was not actually keeping track of the people who died in state prisons — with partial counts, missing names and flat-out wrong information being standard procedure. That is, until a Marshall Project reporter started asking questions.
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    15 m
  • The Plaza's new vision, and tax break ask, worry some locals

    The Plaza's new vision, and tax break ask, worry some locals
    Nov 21 2025
    Since purchasing the Country Club Plaza more than a year ago, the Gillion Property group has increased its security and made cosmetic repairs. Now, the company plans major construction that contrasts with the Plaza’s storybook atmosphere, and asking a Kansas City agency for $1.4 billion in tax breaks.
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    14 m
  • A Kansas hospital sued a family over a $230 bill

    A Kansas hospital sued a family over a $230 bill
    Nov 20 2025
    In rural Medicine Lodge, Kansas, Sarrah and Kyle Miller were sued last month by their local medical clinic for $230 in unpaid medical expenses. Their story is part of a new pattern. Kansas hospitals have filed thousands of lawsuits against their rural patients in recent years, including many for less than $500.
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    11 m
  • Downtown Kansas City is plagued by graffiti

    Downtown Kansas City is plagued by graffiti
    Nov 19 2025
    Kansas City officials are waging a war against graffiti, scrubbing surfaces clean only to see them tagged again the next day. Businesses and hotels are fighting back to send the message that downtown is a welcoming, thriving and safe place.
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    12 m
  • Missouri community rallies around man in ICE custody

    Missouri community rallies around man in ICE custody
    Nov 18 2025
    A longtime resident of Columbia, Missouri, remains imprisoned in Texas more than a month after he was detained by federal officers. Owen Ramsingh is a green-card holder who immigrated to the U.S. as a child, but he’s now facing deportation due to a drug conviction from when he was a teen.
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    9 m
  • This Social Security worker helped people through the shutdown

    This Social Security worker helped people through the shutdown
    Nov 17 2025
    Now that the government shutdown is over, tens of thousands of furloughed civil servants are back to work in Kansas City. But that doesn’t mean all is well. KCUR spoke with a Social Security employee who answers the 1-800 line about her experiences working without pay.
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    15 m