The candidates answered questions about immigration enforcement, technology and transgender students.
Where North Kansas City school board candidates stand on the issues
Posted inState Government
It is illegal to try certain experimental medications in Kansas. Terminally ill Kansans might soon have options.
New medicines are being developed for individual treatments based on someone’s DNA. Those would be allowed under a proposed bill.
Posted inElections
These candidates want to be on the Lee’s Summit school board for the next 3 years
All candidates responded to questions about teacher pay, immigration enforcement in schools and the bond issue on the April 8 ballot.
Posted inEducation
Meet the Kansas City Public Schools board candidates for the April 2025 election
All seven candidates support the district’s bond issue, but they have differing views on how well the district tackles sensitive topics in the classroom.
Posted inRural
New mobile clinic in Buchanan County aims to test more women for cervical and breast cancer
A new partnership in Buchanan County is hitting the road to provide breast and cervical cancer screenings to women in the area. Studies show that for these two forms of cancer, early detection can be lifesaving.
Posted inLocal Government
Kansas City manager Brian Platt suspended with pay
Mayor Quinton Lucas released a letter Thursday night announcing Brian Platt had been suspended from his position.
Posted inState Government
Amid wide policy swings, Kansas and Missouri officials puzzle over big federal funding cuts
States, counties and cities are scrambling to assess the impact of the Trump administration’s federal funding cuts in their communities.
Posted inHealth
LGBTQ+ youth in Missouri and Kansas face higher suicide risk
In Missouri and Kansas, almost four in 10 young people who identify as gay or transgender have seriously considered suicide in the past year, and 15% have attempted it. That’s according to a new survey by The Trevor Project, which asked 18,000 people ages 13 to 24 across the country questions about issues like depression […]
Posted inLocal Government
Historic renovations, new buildings and empty lots. Twelve projects to watch along the streetcar extension
Kansas City’s new streetcar has spurred the construction of more than 1,400 new apartment units along Main Street since 2017. These are some of the highlights.
Posted inBehind the Beacon
Beacon reporting cited in national investigation on police control
The Beacon was recently featured in ProPublica’s investigative report on Missouri’s bid to take control of the St. Louis Police Department.