6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (444+ words) The 2026 North American FIFA World Cup prompted Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly to declare a state of disaster emergency in three counties, anticipating effects from four base camps in the Kansas City-area. The influx of an estimated 650,000 visitors to the region…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1563+ words) The Kansas City Council approved an official list of 52 priorities for 2026, which the city’s lobbyists will push for in the Missouri General Assembly and state agencies. But members of Kansas City’s statehouse delegation are not very hopeful about this year’s…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1828+ words) With the Kansas City Streetcar now extending south to the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the ride itself has become a tour of the city. No parking meters, no long walks uphill — just hop off, stroll a few blocks and find…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (247+ words) Both Missouri and Kansas voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. So how do voters in our region feel about his performance in office so far? For an upcoming episode, KCUR’s Up To Date wants to hear from…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1277+ words) Pressure over the push to do a sooner-than-usual redrawing of Kansas Congressional districts increased this week, as statehouse Republicans met for a White House conference in Washington, D.C., and local Democrats rallied against a plan that may split Johnson County among…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (580+ words) It took Missouri Republicans in the state legislature a little more than one week to pass new Congressional maps that carve up the Kansas City area. In their efforts to give the GOP a leg up ahead of next year’s…...