At any given moment in Missouri, a working parent might miss a day’s pay to care for their sick child. New mothers could return to work just days after giving birth to make ends meet, while fast-food workers may skip car payments to cover rent. Labor movement leaders say these harsh workplace realities affect hundreds […]
Missouri’s Prop A would raise minimum wage to $15 and promise sick leave, but business owners warn of job losses
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How to attend, watch or comment at your Kansas local school board meeting this year
Whether you want to contact a board member, speak publicly at a meeting or just keep an eye on changes in your district, we’ve updated our guide to what you need to know.
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What to know about participating in Northland school board meetings in 2024
Here’s how you can keep track of what your local Northland school board is up to.
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COVID vaccines have arrived in Wichita. Here’s what else you need to stay healthy
Sedgwick County is coming off a summer COVID wave as it heads into cold and flu season. Health officials hope that surge prompts far more people to sign up for the new COVID vaccine, which is recommended annually for people 6 months and older. Last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported […]
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An Overland Park pharmacist quit the drug insurance game. He says it could save you money
Nick Romo spent a decade as a pharmacist under the rule of insurance companies and their middlemen. Too often, customers couldn’t get the drugs their doctors prescribed or ran into prices so high they walked away empty-handed. So two years ago, he opened Pharmington Drugs in south Overland Park in rebellion against it all. “I […]
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One child overdosed and another cut his own neck at a Kansas foster office. What that says about the system
Paramedics had to rush a Kansas foster teen to the hospital because the 15-year-old girl was overdosing on muscle relaxants at a foster care contractor’s office. One month later, paramedics rushed back to that same Topeka office because a different foster child found glass and cut himself. “Child on (scene) cut up his arms and […]
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Your guide to getting involved with a Kansas City school board
Whether you want to contact a board member, speak publicly at a meeting or just keep an eye on changes in your district during the 2024-25 school year, we’ve updated our guide to what you need to know.
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Your guide to the school bond on the Kansas City, Kansas, ballot this November
After an earlier bond failed, KCKPS hopes voters will approve a smaller one during the general election. The district says it won’t raise taxes.
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Missouri and Kansas keep losing pharmacies, and a key part of health care
Less than two years ago, neighbors near Brush Creek Boulevard and Troost Avenue had choices when they needed to pick up a prescription — or a carton of milk. A CVS pharmacy stood on the northeast corner of their intersection. Its retail rival, Walgreens, was just a block south at Troost and Emanuel Cleaver II […]
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Kansas City pharmacists’ walkout a year ago highlighted industry troubles. The problems haven’t gone away
Kansas City pharmacists walked off the job last September to protest working conditions and brought widespread attention to the troubled retail pharmacy business. The industry is battling economic pressures, changed buying habits and labor shortages.