Kansas City’s AstraZeneca vaccine trial is actively recruiting racially diverse volunteers.
Vaccines trials need diverse participants to work. Here’s how a Kansas City trial is working with the Latinx community.
Posted inEnvironment
Fate of monarch butterfly up in the air
Citing finite resources, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to work on higher priority species before evaluating whether monarch butterflies should be listed as endangered or threatened.
Posted inEconomics
Pandemic unemployment assistance is ending, leaving millions without help
Millions of Americans who have lost their jobs in the last nine months have relied on pandemic unemployment programs. But those unemployment programs are now expiring.
Posted inEconomics
Struggling to survive in a pandemic, Kansas City’s restaurants are closing down
Faced with a pandemic that has lasted for most of 2020, dozens of independent restaurants in Kansas City have closed their doors.
Posted inEducation
How universities in Kansas and Missouri were impacted by enrollment and budget shortfalls
The pandemic has presented a two-sided coin to the four big public universities in Kansas and Missouri. On one side, the dire enrollment predictions of the summer have turned out better — in one case, much better — than expected.
Posted inHealth
This holiday season, Kansas Citians are seeking rent and utility assistance more than food
With the COVID-19 pandemic, more people in the Kansas City area are reaching out for assistance with rent and utility payments than in the past.
Posted inJournalism
The Beacon plans for regional growth in 2021
The Beacon will launch a Wichita newsroom to begin publishing this summer, and expand its news operations in Kansas City.
Posted inEconomics
After losing their jobs in a pandemic, Kansans face delays in receiving unemployment payments.
Without a job, Kansans have relied on state and federal support to get by — to pay rent, bills, utilities and food. But nine months since unemployment claims began skyrocketing in the spring, Kansans are experiencing delays in receiving their payments.
Posted inHealth
‘It’s heartbreaking’ — For grieving families and funeral workers, the pandemic has changed everything
As families struggle with COVID-19 precautions altering how they can safely grieve loved ones, funeral industry workers are facing increased hazards handling infectious bodies and enforcing safety protocols to keep the living alive.
Posted inEconomics, Health
Salons. Grocery stores. Thousands of complaints against Kansas City businesses related to COVID-19.
According to records requested by The Beacon, the city of Kansas City, Missouri, has received over 3,000 complaints about businesses failing to comply with the city’s COVID-19 health orders since March.