In Kansas City, Missouri, social service groups are facing a steep influx of people looking for help and are scrambling to process applications and get money to people in danger of eviction.
Celisa Calacal
Posted inEconomics
‘People are running out of time’: With no eviction moratorium, tenants fear losing their homes
In late August, 66-year-old Jacqueline Young filled out the eviction declaration form from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — thinking it would protect her after briefly falling behind on rent. She’s lived in her trailer at a mobile home park in Independence, Missouri, for four years. Days later, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected […]
Posted inEconomics
Scared of banks? This program helps Kansas Citians open low-cost accounts
A 2019 survey by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation found that nearly 6% of people in the Kansas City metro area do not have a bank account, limiting their ability to get loans and save for the future. A nationwide effort coming to Kansas City aims to change that. It’s called Bank On, and its […]
Posted inLocal Government
Jazz in jeopardy: City-owned dangerous buildings at 18th and Vine sit in limbo
Roofs are missing. Cracks and small holes riddle the windows. Debris clutters the exposed interiors. One glass panel facing 18th Street has a painted sign: Paseo Bootery, Shoes and Repairing.
Posted inEconomics
‘Out of sight, out of mind’: Absentee owners allow properties to become dangerous buildings in Kansas City
A majority of these absentee-owned dangerous buildings are concentrated in neighborhoods east of Troost Avenue, a historic economic and racial dividing line in Kansas City.
Posted inLocal Government
Despite public outcry, KCPD officers will still be given 48 hours to make a statement after a shooting
Forty-eight hours. That’s the window of time a police officer with the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department has to give a formal statement following a police killing or other violent incident, according to the department’s latest union contract. The Kansas City Beacon obtained a copy of the bargaining agreement through a public records request. The 48-hour […]
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The KC businesses requiring proof of COVID vaccination before entry
Under the current mask order, businesses or gatherings don’t need to enforce the mask mandate if they can determine that everyone inside their venue is fully vaccinated.
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In Kansas City, Restaurant Revitalization Funds flowed to whiter, more affluent areas
In Kansas City, Missouri, 187 businesses received Restaurant Revitalization Fund grants. The list includes restaurant franchises, bars, breweries, barbecue joints and more.
Posted inLocal Government
What a Department of Justice investigation would mean for the Kansas City Police Department
Correction: A previous version of this story inaccurately stated that no KCPD officers were charged or indicted in the killings of Ryan Stokes, Dantae Franklin, Cameron Lamb and Malcom Johnson. This story has been corrected to say that the officer who shot Lamb was charged in Jackson County court with involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal […]
Posted inEconomics, Local Government
‘Where are we gonna go?’: New jail to displace over 100 Jackson County residents
Jackson County paid $7.05 million to purchase the property at 7000 E. U.S. Highway 40 from Park Holdings Inc., a real estate company based out of Wichita, Kansas. The purchase was approved unanimously by the Jackson County Legislature on July 12.