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  • AI-aided art will greet Kansas City streetcar riders

    AI-aided art will greet Kansas City streetcar riders
    2025/07/18
    Some artists shy away from using AI. Kansas City photographer and digital artist David Morris embraces it. Hear how a local creative harnesses AI to bring his vision to life, and where you can see it. Plus: A Kansas City bookselling icon is retiring after years of tracking down Black books and vinyl. Now, a new generation is stepping up to preserve her legacy.
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  • Can Kansas City's transportation death spiral be fixed?

    Can Kansas City's transportation death spiral be fixed?
    2025/07/17
    In recent years, most Kansas City suburbs have cut transportation funding, which means fewer and slower buses. Local officials are racing to fix that. Plus: High school graduation rates in Kansas are higher than ever. But some people worry that the growth of credit recovery programs could be lowering standards for students.
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  • Multibillion-dollar Panasonic plant opens in Kansas

    Multibillion-dollar Panasonic plant opens in Kansas
    2025/07/16
    Panasonic's highly anticipated $4 billion electric vehicle battery plant opened in De Soto, Kansas, this week. But problems with Tesla, tariffs and tax breaks have investors worried. Leaders of the plant believe it's just a bump in the road.
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  • Trump's budget may shutter this Missouri environmental lab

    Trump's budget may shutter this Missouri environmental lab
    2025/07/15
    Scientists in a Columbia, Missouri, lab have studied how toxic chemicals affect animals and ecosystems since the 1960s. But President Trump's proposed budget would likely mean lights out. Plus: Hydroelectric power is a mainstay of the United States electrical grid, but federal hurdles could take plants offline.
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  • How Missouri governors 'quietly dismantled' an ethics watchdog

    How Missouri governors 'quietly dismantled' an ethics watchdog
    2025/07/14
    A new report has raised concerns that Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe and his predecessor have failed to fill vacancies at the Missouri Ethics Commission. As a result, the state watchdog has been unable to investigate dozens of complaints of ethical misconduct.
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  • Amateur archaeologists are digging into Kansas history

    Amateur archaeologists are digging into Kansas history
    2025/07/11
    Crews of volunteers are digging into the ruins of a 168-year-old mansion in Lecompton, Kansas, that belonged to a territorial governor. The work is done through the Kansas Historical Society's annual archaeological field school. Plus: Children’s author Derrick Barnes from Kansas City is known for books that are all about making Black kids feel seen.
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    14 分
  • Why Jackson County is having a recall vote on Frank White Jr.

    Why Jackson County is having a recall vote on Frank White Jr.
    2025/07/10
    Jackson County’s top elected official is facing a recall election. County Executive Frank White Jr. says it’s a political vendetta, while lawmakers say it’s actually aboutproperty taxes. But will it actually happen next month?
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  • An Overland Park teen fights to protect cancer funding

    An Overland Park teen fights to protect cancer funding
    2025/07/09
    The Trump administration proposed slashing billions of dollars from federal health agencies, but a high school student from Overland Park has been pushing lawmakers to preserve cancer research funding. Plus, we remember a beloved Kansas City singer who died after a long battle with cancer.
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    14 分