The tension runs high at Prairie Village City Hall these days.
Earlier this month, amid high-stakes debates over whether to squeeze more housing into the leafy Johnson County suburb, a group fighting against possible zoning changes took particular offense to cutting off public comment.
Finance professor Jocelyn Evans first encountered a cryptocurrency ATM on the way to talk about financial education with students last fall. Evans stopped at a gas station on her way to Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas. She came across the machine with the word “BITCOIN” on the screen. Store staffers weren’t familiar with the […]
Half of the members of the Unified Government Board of Commissioners are up for election this fall, with the potential to shape decisions affecting Kansas City, Kansas, and the rest of Wyandotte County for the next four years.
Fifteen candidates are running to represent the four districts in the southeastern corner of the county, including four candidates in the race for District 4, where Harold Johnson has decided not to run for reelection.
The Kansas City Beacon is excited to announce the latest cohort of our Community Engagement Bureau Representatives. These eight representatives, who come from a variety of backgrounds and neighborhoods across Kansas City, have deep local expertise, community connections and love for the place we all call home. Launched in 2022, The Kansas City Beacon’s Community […]
The last time Kansas Citians voted for City Council members, Donald Trump was still president, renters were just beginning to organize under the working name of “KC Tenants” and many Kansas City residents had never considered wearing a face mask to the airport (still a horseshoe-shaped terminal), let alone a grocery store.
On June 20, Kansas City voters will elect a new City Council, which will get to work in August making important decisions about massive downtown development proposals, preparations for the 2026 World Cup, affordable housing and the city’s budget.
The Missouri River has historically represented a political divide within Kansas City, with the Northland voting more conservatively than voters south of the river in local and statewide elections.
When Kansas City voters go to the polls on June 20, their choices have the potential to dramatically change the way the City Council does business. At least six of the 12 seats will be filled with a new member.
When Lea Hopkins organized Kansas City’s first Pride parade in 1977, the threat of being exposed as LGBTQ+ kept many people from marching with her. “You could lose your job or get taken out of your apartment,” Hopkins said. Only about 20 people participated, she said, because the stigma around queer identity was so strong. […]
As people gather this month for programs and other events celebrating the end of slavery in the United States, they are celebrating more than Black resilience. By invoking conversation, they’re also helping to bridge the gap between Black communities and other communities in Kansas City, said Makeda Peterson, the program director for JuneteenthKC, a nonprofit […]
