A $3.7 million grant from the EPA, one of the largest awarded nationwide this year, will be used to remediate 54 vacant lots in the Douglass-Sumner neighborhood.
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Deportation campaign in 2025 cost jobs for American workers, including in Kansas City
Immigrant communities fearful of expanding ICE enforcement are changing how they work and function in society. Their decisions are having broad economic impact.
Posted inHealth
Missouri and Kansas can expect another double-digit bump in ACA marketplace premiums
Every carrier selling health insurance in the two states through the Affordable Care Act marketplace hopes to raise premiums in 2027, according to preliminary rate filings with state insurance regulators. They blame rising healthcare costs.
Posted inEducation
Here are the winners of the Kansas State Board of Education Republican primaries
Voters in Johnson and Miami counties and much of northern, western and southeastern Kansas chose Republican candidates for the general election in November.
Posted inElections
Follow live Missouri and Kansas election results for the Aug. 4 midterm primary
Find live results for Missouri Amendments 1, 2, 4 and 5 and Kansas results on making Supreme Court justices electable.
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Kansas voters to decide whether to make Supreme Court justices electable
Kansans will decide Aug. 4 whether to keep the state’s current process for selecting Supreme Court justices or to make the positions elected.
Posted inHealth
Vast produce supply chain complicates tracking cyclospora in Kansas and Missouri
As cyclospora cases climb in Missouri and Kansas, public health investigators are tracing illnesses through a vast produce supply chain, while some advocates argue regional food systems could make outbreaks easier to contain.
Posted inElections
Meet the Republican primary candidates for the Kansas State Board of Education
The winner of this election will face Democrat Amy Diediker for a spot on the board this November.
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KCK steps up work on school buildings promised with $180 million bond package
Work on an addition to Sumner Academy of Arts and Science began this spring, and construction of three new KCK schools is scheduled to start later this summer.
Posted inHealth
Healthcare union fight: Ballots delayed in the mail must be counted
After a unionizing effort among KU Health System pharmacy technicians narrowly lost, state officials said missing ballots must be added to the count.