Episodios

  • What voters should know about the Hickman Mills school bond

    What voters should know about the Hickman Mills school bond
    Mar 31 2026
    The Hickman Mills School District is trying to help fill its budget shortfall by asking voters to approve a $20 million bond and free up more money for operating expenses like teacher pay, staff benefits and more.
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    11 m
  • Kansas City has a lot riding on this earnings tax vote

    Kansas City has a lot riding on this earnings tax vote
    Mar 30 2026
    Voters in Kansas City, Missouri, will soon decide whether to renew the city's earnings tax on wages, salaries and profits. If the measure fails, Missouri law forbids the tax from being revived, so Kansas City will need to find another source for hundreds of millions of dollars.
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    13 m
  • Kansas City's Moby Dick musical is a whale of a show

    Kansas City's Moby Dick musical is a whale of a show
    Mar 27 2026
    Captain Ahab’s preoccupation with a white whale is set to music in a new Kansas City world premiere. It’s Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick,” told in authentic, 19th-century sea shanties.
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    12 m
  • Rural Kansas has trouble keeping grocery stores alive

    Rural Kansas has trouble keeping grocery stores alive
    Mar 26 2026
    Rural communities across Kansas are losing their grocery stores, and small towns are coming up with new ways to revive them. But some of those solutions have not panned out.
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    9 m
  • Data centers are a big factor in the Independence elections

    Data centers are a big factor in the Independence elections
    Mar 25 2026
    Independence, Missouri, residents will vote on April 7 for their next mayor and to fill two at-large city council seats. Recent debates over tax incentives for a massive data center could factor into the races.
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    12 m
  • Do you hear that? It's a KU professor's tinnitus research

    Do you hear that? It's a KU professor's tinnitus research
    Mar 24 2026
    Health conditions like concussions and tinnitus don’t usually present externally, and patients can often feel incredibly isolated. But one University of Kansas professor is researching how music can offer relief.
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    11 m
  • Income tax cuts, date rape drugs and other Missouri bills to watch

    Income tax cuts, date rape drugs and other Missouri bills to watch
    Mar 23 2026
    Missouri lawmakers are returning from a break at the midway point of this year’s legislative session. Among the biggest issues are a Republican proposal to end the state income tax and expand sales taxes, a criminal justice overhaul, and a bipartisan bill to crack down on "date rape" drugs.
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    15 m
  • A hamburger UFO mural in Kansas is causing major beef

    A hamburger UFO mural in Kansas is causing major beef
    Mar 20 2026
    A dispute over a mural outside a hamburger restaurant in Salina, Kansas, could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Plus: Three massive bronze bison sculpted by a Missouri artist are joining the collection at the largest natural history museum in the world.
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    15 m